at one's disposal
Example Sentences
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By taking better-known meanings and associating them,—the attained store of meanings of the community in which one resides is put at one's disposal.
From How We Think by Dewey, John
To have a sixty Daimler at one's disposal would be convenient, but as it would generally include Angy Beerhaven as chauffeur, Esm� shrugged her shoulders.
From The Oyster by Peer
"I cannot see," Patricia had said to Sylvia, "why one should feel it necessary to stick to hot, smelly offices when a library, looking out over acres of country, is at one's disposal."
From The Shield of Silence by Loughridge, George
That depends entirely upon one's energy, one's capacity for taking pains, one's neatness of finger, and the time at one's disposal.
From The Book-Hunter at Home by Allan, P. B. M.
Hence, during its construction, one must first of all consider the magnitude of the work it has to do as well as the quality of the materials one has at one's disposal.
From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by Durand, John
